On August 20, 2024, GitHub released security fixes for a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in GitHub Enterprise Server, identified as CVE-2024-6800. GitHub Enterprise Server is a self-hosted version of GitHub, designed for organizations to manage and collaborate on code securely within their own infrastructure. This vulnerability affects instances using SAML single sign-on (SSO) with certain identity providers (IdPs) that publicly expose signed federation metadata XML.

Last month, Cyentia and First.org published the inaugural Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS) performance report. The report goes beyond just assessing the EPSS predictive scoring model. It looks at historical vulnerability data and published CVEs, as well as provides comparisons to the other popular scoring models: CVSS and CISA-KEV.

In today's rapidly evolving cybersecurity landscape, managing Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) is a critical yet increasingly complex task. As organizations scale their digital footprints, the sheer volume and diversity of vulnerabilities they must contend with have grown exponentially. This surge in potential threats, compounded by the sophisticated tactics employed by cyber adversaries, makes CVE management a required but complicated endeavor.

Welcome to the Threat Context monthly blog series where we provide a comprehensive roundup of the most relevant cybersecurity news and threat information from KrakenLabs, Outpost24’s cyber Threat Intelligence team. Here’s what you need to know from August.

When a new major CVE gets released, cybersecurity companies race to discover ways of detecting the new vulnerability and organizations scramble to determine if they are impacted or not. Developing high-confidence techniques to scan the public-facing Internet assets for newly published vulnerabilities can potentially take weeks or even months as vulnerability researchers discover and test various detection methods.

The shift towards a proactive cybersecurity mindset has been steadily gaining momentum. Industry experts have emphasized the importance of best practices for implementation and the role of security orchestration. By integrating modern threat intelligence solutions into vulnerability management platforms, forward-thinking enterprises can become more proactive in their fight against cyber threats.

On July 19, 2024, a flawed update in CrowdStrike Falcon's channel file 291 led to a logic error that caused Windows systems to crash, resulting in widespread BSOD (Blue Screen of Death) incidents. The impact was severe, disrupting critical infrastructure globally, from grounded flights to halted public transit systems. In fact, you’d have to have been living under a rock to have missed this incident.